Posts tagged Cyclist Intimidation
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With Prince George’s County leading the region in traffic fatalities, bill seeks to codify safety
If it passes, the Walkable Urban Streets Act will codify bike and pedestrian safety standards for county-controlled roads in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New Union Station leadership proposes revitalization plan
Union Station officials offer plan to save beleaguered station. 100+ cyclists show support for bike lanes on Old Georgetown Road. Curbside Groceries steps in to fill gaps created by closed Bellevue grocery. Keep reading…
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Roundabout performance is mixed for cyclists
While lauded for their role in decreasing auto crashes, not all roundabouts are created equal for cyclists and their needs. Keep reading…
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Why I stopped taking my kid to school by bicycle
It’s 8:30 on a weekday morning and I’m writing this from the Metro Red Line. Normally, at this time on a beautiful, 70-degree post-summer morning, I would be riding my Urban Arrow bakfiets cargo bike, motoring along R Street NW with my two dogs and nine-year-old son Oliver in the front cargo box, wind in our hair, barking at strangers, etc. But that’s over now. Keep reading…
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DC’s Department of Transportation is deputizing cyclists to enforce bike lane violators
In a press release this morning, April 1, the DC Department of Transportation (DDOT) has announced a new Deputy Cyclist program in partnership with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). The Metropolitan Police Department will deputize cyclists to enforce bike lane violators and vehicles behaving badly. Keep reading…
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A salmoning cyclist made me break my jaw; I blame the infrastructure
Riding the wrong way might irk the living daylights out of rule-abiding cyclists. However we shouldn’t deride the people who do it without simultaneously treating its prevalence as a referendum on our unacceptable, unsafe infrastructure. Keep reading…
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Alexandria is getting serious about eliminating pedestrian injuries and fatalities
Alexandria has a serious problem with drivers hitting pedestrians, and poor data collection means that it's hard to get a handle on the extent of the problem. Now some crash survivors are working to eliminate pedestrian injuries and fatalities. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New and improved
7000 strikes again; Revolutionary; Recount recalled; School focus; 2001, A Cycling Odyssey; Just around the corner; Still standing; It’s so simple. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Civic duty
Bowser’s lead widens; No contest for ANC; Housing the poor; St. Elizabeths revitalization?; The future of Metrobus; Meditation in motion; Bike reich; And…. Keep reading…
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Couple berates cyclist for reporting van in bike lane
Last night, a cyclist nearly hit a van blocking the L Street cycletrack and decided to report it to the police. That’s when he met Fred and Fran Smith, the husband-and-wife heads of a conservative think tank who started berating him for “minding other people’s business.” Keep reading…